Local Offer - Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Services

We would like to remind you of the availability of an online service to support the wellbeing and resilience of young people.

Kooth is a web based confidential support service available to young people. Kooth provides a safe and secure means of accessing mental health and wellbeing support designed specifically for young people.

Kooth offers young people the opportunity to have a text based conversation with a qualified counsellor. Counsellors are available from 12.00pm to 10.00pm on weekdays and 6.00pm to 10.00pm at weekends, every day of the year on a drop in basis. Young people can access regular booked online counselling sessions as needed. Outside of counselling young people can message the team and get support the next day.

When young people register with Kooth they will have support available to them now and in the future. Support can be gained not only through counselling but articles, forums and discussion boards. This includes information about current affairs. All content is age appropriate, clinically approved and fully moderated.

You can also view a short video about their service.

• SOLAR - Solihull’s Emotional Wellbeing and Mental health service for children and young people

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Barnardo’s and Autism West Midlands work together to provide emotional wellbeing and mental health services for children and young people in Solihull. They provide multi disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and young people with mental health or severe emotional and behavioural difficulties.

• Visit the Social, Emotional and Mental Health Team - Parents Information

A new, round-the-clock mental health text messaging service has launched, offering immediate support to people of all ages across Birmingham and Solihull. 

If you live in Birmingham or Solihull and you’re feeling sad, worried or lonely, there’s a safe space to chat. Text the word ‘Space’ to 85258 to talk about your feelings with a mental health professional.

How Shout works - easy-to-read explanation for CYP

This service will help and support you with your mental health and wellbeing, making it quicker and easier to get the right support by bringing together a range of services available in the NHS and in your community.

We welcome anyone aged 18 or over who is experiencing new or ongoing mental health symptoms, as well as people who have an existing mental health diagnosis.

BSol Community Mental Health Transformation Programme